Vignettes Learning
MARCH 13, 2008
True, many compliance training are delivered because of the CYA mentality. But there is a plus side to this. Yesterday, I accompanied my wife who checked out from the hospital after a major surgery. Thank, God she is fine. In the check out process, the nurse inspected her wrist band/ID to validate her identity. Then she asked the question, "Can you say your name out loud?
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 31, 2008
I just realized that Diigo lets me see everyone who has bookmarked my site and what they saved. They call this the “User Community&# around a site; there’s also communities around tags. Here’s Site Community for my blog; you can enter your own URL there to see your user community. If you’re more interested in the people than the pages and tags, the People Search By Site is a better tool.
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Tony Karrer
MARCH 13, 2008
I'm excited about the presentation I'm creating for ASTD 2008 in San Diego. However, as part of putting it together, I was searching for a comic that I know I saw years ago where people were making fun of an executive that had his assistant print out his emails and dictated his responses. Does anyone know where I would find such a comic or something like that?
Kapp Notes
MARCH 31, 2008
This has been around for a while but is a great example of using technology to help teach and save resources. It is a lot of fun. So, if you have a few moments, try dissecting this virtual frog. Good for science and saves frogs! Go to Virtual Frog Dissection and start cutting.
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Lars is Learning
MARCH 25, 2008
Following my last post on learning being a health issue, I neglected the whole smart drugs phenomenon. Mark Oehlert has written a great post referencing a thought provoking article in The Escapist by Lara Crigger - a selected quote gives you a flavour: But what if, instead, we could simply pop a pill to become smarter? A medication that could make us more alert, sharpen our concentration - even.
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Vignettes Learning
MARCH 9, 2008
In preparation for an upcoming workshop at the eLearning Guild's conference in Orlando on April 14, 2007 on Using Story Telling in Developing Engaging e-Learning , I thought I would share with you about Emotional Events. One of the main techniques in using story telling in e-learning is presenting the learner with a scenario and then ask the learner to make a decision.
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 31, 2008
Classroom Management Quotes. tags: education , quoteable. Some good quotes on classroom management and education. The Bamboo Project Blog: Guide to Using Free Tools to Create an Online Portfolio. tags: career , portfolio , tools. 6 steps to create your online portfolio (something I really should start working on one of these days). Site Community for christytucker.wordpress.com, tags: community , diigo , socialbookmarking , socialnetworking.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 5, 2008
I just saw a post by George Siemens discussing evolution of PLE concept and pointed me to two posts by Chris Lott based on his initial question - "What does your PLE look like?" - Tired of PLE Flak and I'm not interested in the PLE which then pointed me to a bunch of other posts as well - on the PLE and An audit on where stand with PLEs. Unfortunately, Chris got some flak based on his initial question.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 28, 2008
ID Stadium which is used for in-world presentations. Today I am presenting a webinar titled " Second Life in Education " for NETWORKS which is is a National Science Foundation Resource Center that is focused on the advancement of semiconductor, automated manufacturing, and electronics education. NETWORKS has a Digital Repository that contains classroom ready resources that are current, relevant, and easy to implement into a curriculum.
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From the Coleface
MARCH 24, 2008
The National Academy of Engineering of the USA’s National Science Foundation, has released 14 “Great Challenges” , which includes a focus on “Advancing Personalized Learning” and others such as making solar power economical. I remember being 12 and trying to work out how you could generate electricity using the chemical reactions in photosynthesis.
Lars is Learning
MARCH 22, 2008
I'm playing a bit of catch up after a particularly busy month - although the way things are looking that'll be the pattern for the foreseeable future. The European e-learning market appears to be thriving in stark contrast to the ongoing financial crisis and what looks like an inevitable recession in the US. As I raised in an early post - training budget shock - e-learning is now very much a.
Learning Visions
MARCH 14, 2008
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, March 14, 2008 Instructional Strategies? What instructional strategies do you use to make your content more memorable and engaging? Im not just thinking about the gadgets and the gizmos that you use or the instructional design "method" behind the process (e.g., ADDIE), but rather the teaching tools themselves.
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 29, 2008
I’ve mentioned Diigo a number of times in the past (including earlier today ). Kristin Hokanson asked me how I create my Daily Bookmarks posts. I’ve been meaning to actually play with Slideshare, so this gave me an excuse to do so. Here’s my quick directions on how to do a daily links post like mine. Hope this helps explain it! Technorati Tags: Diigo , socialbookmarking , Kristin+Hokanson , Slideshare.
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Tony Karrer
MARCH 21, 2008
I just typed "Life is an Open Book Test" when I was working on part of my ASTD 2008 presentation. I did a quick search on this phrase and found only 52 occurrences. There doesn't appear to be a well known initial quote source. Or am I missing it? By the way, have I mentioned that I'm feeling really good about this presentation? I have 90 minutes and I think I'm going to blow some minds, change a few lives, its going to be fun.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 27, 2008
Last year (seems like a long time ago), I was named one of 2007's Most Influential Training professionals by TrainingIndustry Inc. which was nice but, in no way compares to the honor of being "named", The Iron Chef of ID by Robyn and Brandy at Dishing Design: Making Great Recipes for Learning. The site is a cooking-oriented ID site, the focus is on design but it uses cooking related metaphors to get the point across.
From the Coleface
MARCH 12, 2008
As I write, a multinational company has invited 20 e-learning suppliers to a 2 day workshop as part of a process that will whittle the list down to 6 preferred suppliers. Whilst it’s up to each company to decide how it wants to procure its e-learning, the raving stupidity of their approach could not pass without comment. Lets assume that the costs for each vendor of writing the proposal, developing a working demo and attending the workshop is £6k and that £240k of work will be distributed
Lars is Learning
MARCH 8, 2008
This is an interesting short report up from the New Scientist: Replacing dry multiple-choice tests with quizzes akin to the hit TV show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire could help boost comprehension levels in children. Tzu-Hua Wang at the National Hsinchu University of Education in Taiwan has devised a web-based multiple choice testing system with some fun elements influenced by the TV quiz.
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Learning Visions
MARCH 12, 2008
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Salaries for Instructional Designers Are you wondering if your salary is up to snuff? Do you need a raise? Want to figure out what you might make if you were to enter the illustrious world of instructional design? Heres a list of salary resources where you can find out more: Payscale (I liked this one a lot.
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 30, 2008
21st Century Learning: 9 Principles for Implementation: The Big Shift Annotated. tags: change , digitalliteracy , education , k-12 , orgculture. 9 principles for implementing transformational change in education, changing the culture to support 21st century learning. Principles include “People before Things (or test scores)&# and “As the Individual Grows so Will the Collective Wisdom of the Community&#. 20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider. tags: blog.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 3, 2008
Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge entitled eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications. It could just as easily have been called Web 2.0 Applications in Learning. It was designed to be a small to medium size group discussion, but because the room was large it was very challenging to do that successfully. I discussed a bit of these issues in First Thoughts After ASTD Sessions.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 26, 2008
From time to time, I evaluate workshops designed for faculty members to share best practices and ideas with each other. Here is a list of general recommendations I've gathered through the years. I think these recommendations can enhance any face-to-face workshop or conference. Provide targeted, technical presentations. There is a group of attendees who enjoy and need to know the more technical ends of a discipline or the field, appeal to them as well.
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E-Learning Acupuncture
MARCH 7, 2008
If you want to be a nurse then you need to go to school. Many schools are using technological tools to delivery nursing education; especially in the area of nursing simulations. I came across one particularly interesting example of this just today. John Miller, a Nursing Professor, at Tacoma Community College in Washington is spearheading a nursing simulation hosted within Second Life.
Learning Visions
MARCH 11, 2008
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Accidental Learning Yesterday, on my evening commute, I head a wonderful essay by noted cellist Yo-Yo Ma for NPRs "This I Believe" series. "Every day I make an effort to go toward what I dont understand. This wandering leads to the accidental learning that continually shapes my life.
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 29, 2008
Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Diigo you have given me a headache. tags: privacy , socialbookmarking. Negative post about Diigo, specifically that new users are apparently asked to import contacts and can end up sending spam to everyone they know. The Connected Classroom: DIG-ging diigo… Annotated. tags: socialbookmarking , socialnetworking.
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Tony Karrer
MARCH 10, 2008
The big question for March 2008 is - Scope of Learning Responsibility? Karl Kapp helped me pull this question together and it's been interesting to see the responses so far. I wanted to capture some thoughts as I've been reading these posts so far. First, my earlier posts Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis and Long Tail Learning - Size and Shape lay out that I believe the space in which Corporate Learning (and realistically all learning professionals) operates is changing such tha
Kapp Notes
MARCH 25, 2008
A few weeks ago, I was interviewed along with a number of other folks for an online article about the corporate implications of virtual worlds. The resulting article is titled Online Communities Go Corporate:What Can Virtual Worlds Do For Your SME? The article, appearing in the online publication Processor , describes how different organizations are replicating, "with some accuracy, the experience of working physically alongside others, including working with and sharing digital 3D models of phy
Clive on Learning
MARCH 28, 2008
I've had a number of discussions recently with large corporate clients about the e-learning skills that they need to maintain in-house. Let's assume that by e-learning here, we're referring to asynchronous (self-paced) materials of some sort, much of which must be produced formally to meet the needs of large audiences, with high production values and with correspondingly generous schedules and budgets; but to complicate the matter, let's also assume there's a requirement for 'good enough' materi
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